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Until Republicans “start acting like adults” to solve the budget crisis, Texas families will continue to suffer, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a Friday conference call with reporters. Hinojosa pointed to a number of ways Texans would be affected by sequestration cuts, from education to the military. He said the budget cuts …

Appearing on stage alongside the incumbent Democrat for the first time, the Republican nominee appeared relaxed, in command of facts and persistently on the offensive during the 90-minute encounter at the University of Denver. Obama, who has not debated in four years, looked rusty and found himself responding to the policy agenda set by Romney. …

“The opportunity is there for a different image of Texas than perhaps the boots and spurs tradition,” said Geoffrey Skelley, political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “With more national knowledge of political figures lik… …

In a 38-minute speech greeted by raucous applause from Democrats gathered in a Charlotte sports arena, he lamented the partisan differences that have created gridlock and name-calling in Washington even as he emphasized the vast differences between the parties. He deplored the negative tone of political attack ads as he ridiculed Republicans as out-of-touch ideologues who prescribe tax cuts as the medicine to cure all that ills America. …

“This is going to reverberate around the Capitol in Washington and around the country,” said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak. “If you can do this in Texas, you can do it anywhere. This is a hell of a wake-up call for the establishment.” …

The seemingly simple concept of an individual mandate — the heart of the Supreme Court’s decision finding President Obama’s health-care law constitutional — has mutated into a complex political controversy that has tied Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign up in knots and has diverted attention from the Republican presidential candidate’s relentless focus on the weak U.S. economy. …